Neighborhood Services Officer

The City of Northglenn is seeking a highly motivated and outgoing Neighborhood Services Officer

Hiring range is $55,294-$66,353

The City government’s support for community and economic development makes Northglenn a hub of safe neighborhoods and business activity. The quality of planning, development, services and volunteers creates a distinctive sense of community that is uncommon in many modern cities. Many of the original residents who lived in Northglenn when it incorporated in 1969 are still here.

The community is connected by the well-planned Greenway Trail System. The over 35 miles of off-street walking and biking paths connect with larger trail systems that lead throughout the Denver metro area. Northglenn is only 15 minutes north of downtown Denver and all of the events and attractions of a major metropolitan city. Go east on Interstate 70 and Denver International Airport is only 30 minutes away.

Turn to the west and the majestic Rocky Mountains tower over the landscape and are a mere half hour away by car.

This position is responsible for enforcing compliance with a wide variety of City codes and ordinances. An employee in this class performs both enforcement and non-enforcement duties in support of the Planning and Development Department. This position is responsible for investigating and enforcing Municipal Code and Ordinances related to: health, safety, public nuisance and zoning enforcement. The incumbent is also responsible for issuing warnings, citations, summonses and Show Cause notices to violators.

The employee works under the general supervision of the unit supervisor. Work is reviewed through analysis of reports and results obtained.

Responds to citizen complaints and provides routine inspections of properties in the City to assure properties are in compliance with nuisance and zoning ordinances.

Plans, schedules and conducts field inspections of residential, multi-family and/or commercial properties to ensure compliance with adopted City codes and ordinances.

Investigates and documents various violations, establishes time limits prescribed by law or procedures; documents progress with return inspections using visual observations, notes, photographs and collecting physical evidence; serves administrative citations and/or municipal summonses; prepares and serves various types of legal notices to abate violations and conducts abatements when necessary.

Testifies in court when voluntary compliance is not obtained; maintains files and photographic evidence for use in court.

Maintains case files of warning notices for follow-up.

Maintains a daily log of activities in the field. Investigates and acts upon complaints from City staff and citizens.

Takes appropriate action for disposition of complaints and clarifies applicable ordinances; resolves disputes or refers matters to other agencies.

Enforces water restrictions.

Participates in snow removal program for citizens.

• Schedule Show Cause hearings.
• Responsible for researching, scheduling, planning and coordinating abatements.
• Responsible for filing property liens, issuing warnings, citations, and summonses to violators.
• Schedule, plan and coordinate abatements through the use of contractors.

• Responsible for conducting research through Adams County Assessor’s Office, to determine if properties have been foreclosed and notify mortgage companies and banks of pending violations prior to the abatement procedures.
• Attempt to gain compliance by working with the banks on homes in foreclosure.
• Ensure that vacant properties are held to the same standards as occupied properties.
• Ensure those violations are addressed in a timely, orderly fashion that preserves the integrity of the vacant property, as well as the surrounding community.

• Responsible for the reporting of all graffiti.
• Work with citizens to get compliance on the removal of graffiti per ordinance 9-11-29.5.
• Provide citizens a waiver allowing the City to gain access to their property and remove graffiti at no cost.
• Coordinates with City employees in the clean-up efforts of graffiti as directed by the Neighborhood Services…